The Gu family.
A black sedan stopped in front of the Gu family's building. The assistant hurriedly opened an umbrella to greet him, but before he could reach the car, the door was opened from the inside.
Gu Xi walked down quietly, the rain instantly soaking his hair and shoulders, but he walked inside as if he didn't notice. His expression was as cold and stern as ever, but his assistant stopped involuntarily when he saw Gu Xi like this. He felt that... Mr. Gu in front of him was a little dazed and confused.
"Gu Xi." Lin Ran, who had followed behind, called out softly.
Gu Xi seemed to suddenly come to her senses and turned to look.
Lin Ran had already run up to him, her expression timid yet worried: "Are you alright?"
Gu Xi was puzzled and shook her head after a while, but she was stunned when she saw the gate of the Gu family.
It seems... in the past, Jiang Fei would always stand there, smiling, waiting for him to return. She would wave to him as soon as she saw him from afar, completely oblivious to the stares of those around her. She would always chatter away beside him as they entered the elevator and went up to the top floor together. He never had to worry about his secret being discovered, because she knew his biggest secret...
Gu Xi stepped into the elevator and watched the floors rise rapidly, but her mind was still filled with chaotic thoughts that she couldn't help but let go of.
Jiang Fei, Jiang Fei...
It's always her.
It seems that as soon as the elevator doors open, she will stand outside and smile at him.
With a "ding," the elevator doors opened.
Gu Xi looked up and saw a boy wearing a white shirt and black pants standing there. The boy's expression was mechanically wooden, but his eyes had a human quality to them.
"Lin Jiu?" Lin Ran's surprised voice rang out.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiu glanced at Lin Ran, a hint of anger flashing in her eyes: "Where is Jiang Fei?"
Lin Ran is back, but where did Jiang Fei go? He can't find any trace of her in this building.
Gu Xi's originally calm eyes seemed to have their facade shattered when she heard Jiang Fei's name, and her gaze turned sinister: "Who gave you the authority to come here?"
Lin Jiu didn't move, still stubbornly staring at him: "Where's Jiang Fei?"
Gu Xi's Adam's apple bobbed as she forced down the emotions churning in her throat. She looked at the bodyguard beside her and said, "Take him back to the research lab to reset him."
After saying that, he was about to continue on his way.
"Where is Jiang Fei?" Lin Jiu suddenly stepped forward and blocked his way.
The surrounding bodyguards immediately went on alert and stepped forward.
Gu Xi paused, looking up into Lin Jiu's eyes.
His mindset was that no one could ever disobey him, but at this moment, his eyes looked like those of someone who had been provoked and was about to attack him at any moment.
"Heh." Gu Xi suddenly smiled knowingly, but after laughing, she felt her eyes inexplicably sting.
Jiang Fei simply exchanged Lin Ran back as he had originally planned, and she had lost her usefulness.
Jiang Fei... she's just engaged to someone else.
Gu Xi's expression turned cold, and in the end, she left without saying a word, walking past him.
This time, Lin Jiu did not stop him.
Just now, Gu Xi's smile seemed to have seen through him completely, seeing through his true feelings at this moment, but... he himself didn't know what he was thinking.
"Lin Jiu..." came the woman's voice, tinged with worry.
Lin Jiu snapped out of her daze and looked at Lin Ran, her eyes still calm and unwavering.
"Are you alright..." Lin Ran was about to say something more, but suddenly stopped.
Lin Jiu seemed to have caught a virus, reaching out to touch her cheek.
Lin Ran was startled and looked at Gu Xi's back in front of her, at a loss.
In the past, Gu Xi never liked anyone touching her, but now, he abandoned her and left her alone, without ever looking back.
Lin Jiu's hand remained on Lin Ran's cheek, but made no further move, as if touching an object.
no the same.
It was completely different from when I met Jiang Fei.
When he touched Jiang Fei, he could feel the metal heart beating abnormally, and the data fluctuated.
But at this moment, he showed no signs of distress, only coldness and desolation remained.
Lin Jiu withdrew her hand, walked blankly into the elevator, and went downstairs.
But the moment the elevator doors opened, dozens of bodyguards outside, who had been on guard because of his unusual behavior, immediately subdued him as soon as he came out.
Lin Jiu did not move or resist, and followed the bodyguard toward the research lab.
He knew that any AI behaving abnormally would only be destroyed or reset.
He is the only ninth generation, and he cannot be destroyed, only reset.
However, Lin Jiu stopped in his tracks as he passed the display screen in the outdoor corridor of the research lab, which was meant for people to relax.
The screen is broadcasting news from the metropolis.
It says that Ji Wei, the head of the Ji family, is engaged, and his fiancée is Jiang Fei.
Jiang Fei, wearing a white gauze dress, smiled gently; she looked beautiful.
Lin Jiu then laughed as well.
The bodyguard urged him to hurry up, but Lin Jiu didn't move.
In an instant, Lin Jiu realized for the first time that an uncontrollable thought was arising in his mind: he wanted to see Jiang Fei.
I really want to see him.
So he began to struggle to escape toward the door, but countless people around him tried to stop him.
The powerful electric shock weapon continuously stimulated his limbs, the wires in his body were brutally severed, and more and more people around him tried to stop him.
Lin Jiu suddenly recalled that when he was just born, an old scientist sighed: "Another unfree soul has been born."
For someone like him, talking about freedom is a luxury.
Lin Jiu injured many people. When he ran out of the Gu Group building, his legs were deformed and his arms were torn off. He huddled in a dark corner, hiding from the people who were chasing him.
Fortunately, a rainstorm concealed his tracks, and Lin Jiu escaped.
He got up, intending to head towards the Ji family's house, but stopped in his tracks when he turned to look at a green plant in a dim corner.
The plant wasn't growing vigorously, but it was still desperately trying to grow against the rain. A pale yellow flower was blooming on the branch, not fully open, just wrapped in a bud, about to open.
Lin Jiu stared at it for a long time, and finally curled up again, quietly watching the plant.
life.
In that instant, he suddenly understood the meaning behind Gu Xi's smile just now.
Mockery, pity, ridicule, sorrow.
Because that's just how humans are.
And he became human.
Lin Jiu guarded that plant from dusk till dawn.
That pale yellow flower has bloomed.
Lin Jiu stepped forward, picked the flower, held it protectively in her arms, and staggered into the rain.
...
The Ji family.
Inside the stark white room.
Ji Wei stayed by Jiang Fei's side the whole time, unwilling to leave him even for a moment.
He carefully wiped away the blood and tears from the corners of her eyes, but his own eyes welled up with tears.
He's been through it, so he knows how painful it is.
At that time, he was still so cold and indifferent to her.
After an unknown amount of time, the bodyguards rushed over with the doctor.
Ji Wei stood up in a daze, made way for the doctor, and watched as he examined her body.
After an unknown amount of time, the doctor finally straightened up, his expression complex: "Mr. Ji, Ms. Jiang's eye may have been severely irritated, causing damage to her prosthetic eye. It is currently unusable, and I'm afraid... it can no longer be restored."
The doctor glanced at Ji Wei, whose eyes were full of exhaustion, and spoke carefully, but then hesitated to finish his sentence.
Upon hearing this, Ji Wei's fingertips trembled, and she finally spared a glance at the doctor: "Can't it be reversed?"
"Yes," the doctor nodded, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Moreover, Miss Jiang's damage to her left eye may have affected the optic nerve of her right eye. After a while, I'm afraid both eyes will..." The doctor finally stopped speaking.
Ji Wei was completely stunned; he knew what the doctor meant.
If not treated in time, it may affect Jiang Fei's other eye, leaving her unable to see in either eye.
"Is there any way to find another prosthetic eye..." Ji Wei heard her own hoarse and panicked voice.
“If the prosthetic eye is damaged, then this eye can no longer be used as a prosthetic eye,” the doctor interrupted Ji Wei in a low voice, shook his head and sighed, “Moreover, the disease in Miss Jiang’s left eye has now affected her right eye, and what will happen next is up to fate.”
Ji Wei stood there, stunned, without uttering a word for a long time.
The doctor and the rest of the staff left, leaving only Ji Wei in the large room.
He stood by the bed, looking at the pale-faced woman on the bed and the faint traces of blood in her eye sockets, and his eyes suddenly reddened.
She must have been through something really traumatic to act like this... Was getting engaged to him a traumatic experience?
Does she really... not want to be with him?
But it wasn't like this before.
After an unknown amount of time, Ji Xiao cautiously reached out and took Jiang Fei's hand.
Back then, she used this hand to hold his hand, who had become blind, and to be his "eyes." Later, she even gave herself her own eyes.
But what did I do?
After taking everything back, he dismissed her with a check and even told her that he wouldn't treat her well without Lin Ran's memories.
What did he do?
Ji Wei lowered her head and buried it in her palm, covering her bloodshot eyes.
The next second, the woman's fingers in his hand suddenly twitched slightly.
Ji Wei suddenly sat up straight, her bloodshot eyes looking at Jiang Fei with a hint of excitement.
She's awake?
But soon, he was disappointed again.
She remained lying there motionless, her eyes still tightly closed, only her eyelids... trembling slowly.
Ji Wei stared blankly at her slightly moving eyelids. Her already sore eyes could no longer hold back, and a tear rolled down her left eye.
She woke up.
She just... didn't want to face him.
Ji Wei looked at her for a long time, and finally kissed her forehead before getting up and walking out.
She didn't want to see him.
He couldn't bear it either; she had been pretending all along.
Sure enough, the moment he left the room, through the only crack in the door, he saw the woman on the bed open her eyes.
Ji Wei sat dejectedly outside the door, unsure of what to do.
Throughout the entire day, Ji Wei stayed outside the door, silently keeping Jiang Fei company.
As evening approached, the assistant rushed over: "Mr. Ji, there's a man named Lin Jiu outside who wants to see Miss Jiang."
Ji Wei was dazed for a moment before he came to his senses: "No..." He stopped before he could finish speaking. He remembered something, looked through the crack in the door at the woman who had remained silent, and after a long while said in a hoarse voice: "Let him in."
The assistant ran out quickly, while Ji Wei remained where she was. After a short while, she saw the assistant leading in a "person" that could barely be identified as human.
Ji Wei was stunned for a moment before recognizing that it was Lin Jiu.
He didn't say anything, but simply took half a step back, making way for the doorway.
He was at his wit's end.
Even if it were any other man, he couldn't bear to see her so silent and lifeless.
inside the house.
Jiang Fei naturally knew that Ji Wei was always outside the door, and she kept complaining in her heart about his superfluousness, which made her have to put on a show of being heartbroken.
It wasn't until the system reported Lin Jiu's appearance that Jiang Fei finally calmed down, lowering her eyes and looking to the side with a bewildered expression.
The door was gently opened.
Jiang Fei remained motionless.
Lin Jiu stared blankly at the woman sitting alone on the bed, hugging her knees, for a long time before murmuring her name: "Jiang Fei..."
The moment I finished speaking, my heart felt like it was filled with something.
Jiang Fei shifted slightly, hesitated for a moment before turning her head to look, and was genuinely surprised.
Lin Jiu, standing before me, was soaking wet. The bionic skin on his face was cracked, and three scratches on his left cheek revealed the metal underneath. His left arm had been ripped off, exposing the wiring and sparking from a short circuit. One of his legs was deformed and turned outward, making every step extremely difficult.
Even so, he was still carefully protecting something in his hands.
Jiang Fei looked at his hand.
Lin Jiu realized what was happening, opened her palm, and presented the pale yellow flower to Jiang Fei. Then she forced a smile and said, "I heard that humans give flowers when they get engaged."
This little flower helped him understand life.
But for him, the meaning of life seemed to be nothing more than... giving her a flower.
Jiang Fei froze, staring blankly at the flower, her eyes gradually reddening.
Lin Jiu watched as she didn't take it for a while, then looked around the room somewhat blankly: "There are no flowers here, so I brought you some..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Fei grabbed his hand, pressed it against her forehead, and tears streamed down her face.
Lin Jiu was puzzled until she noticed the tears on the back of her hand, at which point she panicked.
He didn't know what he had done wrong, or if his appearance had frightened her, he just kept saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
The next second, his words came to an abrupt halt.
Jiang Fei stepped forward and gently hugged him.
Lin Jiu stood frozen for a long time before extending his intact right hand to hug her back.
Lin Jiu's favorability rating: 95.
Outside the door.
Ji Wei looked at the two people embracing in the room, her fists clenched unconsciously, but after a long while she let them relax.
Jiang Fei didn't want to see him, and besides, she couldn't cry in front of him.
Only in front of Lin Jiu could he vent so unrestrainedly.
All the things they had experienced together in the past flashed before his eyes. Those beautiful memories reminded him that she, too, had once looked forward to him with great joy.
However, she has already regained her memories.
He replaced it.
She would never again gaze at him so passionately, her eyes sparkling with stars, and tell him she "liked him."
It's all because of him. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have had to get that eye transplant, wouldn't have had to go through all this suffering, and wouldn't have faced the danger of possibly losing her sight again.
Eye……
Ji Wei was stunned, and after a long while, she reached out and touched her left eye.
This eye originally belonged to Jiang Fei.
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